Mzuzu Airport has been operating for more than ten years without functional air navigation equipment and lacks even basic systems to record radio communications, a parliamentary inquiry into aviation safety has been told, in a startling revelation that raises fresh questions over the airfield’s role in the fatal crash that killed former Vice-President Saulos Chilima. […]
Rumphi West Member of Parliament (MP) Adadawiza Mkandawire praised efforts by the Tonse Alliance government to finish all projects that were started by the previous administration. He said this during his contribution to the State of the Nation Address (Sona) that the government should allocate funds in the upcoming budget to finish Mzuzu Airport project […]
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has bemoaned the tendency of some Mzuzu City residents to trespass on Mzuzu Airport saying they risk causing a serious accident. The residents have created footpaths through the airport as shortcuts between Chiputula and Chiwanja townships. Mzuzu Airport Acting Airport Commandant and Senior Flight Information Officer, Joseph Moyo said […]
People of Mzuzu are expressing concern over delays to construct Mzuzu airport, eight month after President Peter Mutharika toured the construction site. Mutharika, during the visit, promised the people that construction works would start as soon as he left the place. Ministry of Transport spokesperson James Chakwera said the delays are due to the late […]
Construction works for the new Mzuzu International Airport are scheduled to start in November this year to the tune of U$20 million (approximately K14.6 billion) funded by the Exim Bank of China. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Francis Chinsinga disclosed this on Thursday when President Arthur Peter Mutharika visited the […]
The Department of Transport and Public Works plans to rehabilitate the Mzuzu Airport. According to press reports, the Department has earmarked K200m for the rehabilitation project. The government has neglected the airport for too long. Some decades ago Air Malawi used to have flights to Mzuzu including Karonga. But successive governmentsunder UDF, PP and DPP […]